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050 0 0 _aGT4995.A4
_bG37 1998
082 0 0 _aLAS 394.266 GAR
100 1 _aGarciagodoy, Juanita
_d, 1952-
245 1 0 _aDigging the Days of the Dead
_b: a reading of Mexico's Días de muertos
_c/ Juanita Garciagodoy
260 _aNiwot, Colo.
_b: University Press of Colorado
_c, c1998.
300 _axviii, 333 p.
_b: ill.
_c; 24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 321-328) and index.
520 _aA study of the annual Mexican celebration in which the dead are the guests of honor. Garciagodoy (Spanish, Macalester College) depicts various aspects of the celebration--including Prehispanic and Spanish Catholic traces on its development--and describes its changing place in contemporary Mexico. She also looks in detail at differences in attitudes towards death in Mexico and the US. Includes 96 b&w photographs and a 16 page-color insert.
650 0 _aAll Soul's Day
_z--Mexico
651 4 _aMexico
_x-Social life and customs
942 _cLAS
999 _c234204
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